| • | That which produces or effects a result; that from which
   anything proceeds, and without which it would not exist. | 
											
															| • | That which is the occasion of an action or state; ground;
   reason; motive; as, cause for rejoicing. | 
											
															| • | Sake; interest; advantage. | 
											
															| • | A suit or action in court; any legal process by which a
   party endeavors to obtain his claim, or what he regards as his right;
   case; ground of action. | 
											
															| • | Any subject of discussion or debate; matter; question;
   affair in general. | 
											
															| • | The side of a question, which is espoused, advocated, and
   upheld by a person or party; a principle which is advocated; that which
   a person or party seeks to attain. | 
											
															| • | To effect as an agent; to produce; to be the occasion of; to
   bring about; to bring into existence; to make; -- usually followed by
   an infinitive, sometimes by that with a finite verb. | 
											
															| • | To assign or show cause; to give a reason; to make
   excuse. | 
											
															| • | Abbreviation of Because. |